2025 Champion Kyle Wyman and Bradley Smith return to the Harley-Davidson x DynoJet Factory Race Team for the 2026 King of the Baggers Championship; James Rispoli will contend KOTB Championship for the new Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing team.
This is a press release from H-D…
Milwaukee, WI (February 20, 2026) – The Harley-Davidson x DynoJet Factory Race Team is prepared and eager to begin its title defense in the MotoAmerica Mission King of the Baggers Championship. The team is revealing its plans for the upcoming season today during the Flat Out Friday indoor flat track racing event at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, part of the Mama Tried custom motorcycle show weekend.
Factory Race Team riders Kyle Wyman and Bradley Smith will make a special appearance at the event with their new race-prepared Harley-Davidson Road Glide motorcycles. Wyman is the defending champion of the Mission King of the Baggers road racing series and will carry the #1 plate in 2026. Also introduced was racer James Rispoli, who will contend the 2026 Mission King of the Baggers Championship for the new Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Factory Racing team. The 14-race 2026 Mission King of the Baggers Championship series launches March 5-7 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
“It was a challenge to win the 2025 King of the Baggers Championship, and it will be an even greater challenge to defend that title,” said Jason Kehl, Harley-Davidson Director of Racing. “Everyone will be out to beat the bike with the #1 plate. The Harley-Davidson x Dynojet Factory Race Team has been tirelessly testing and developing our Road Glide racing motorcycles during the off season. I’m confident that Kyle and Bradley, backed by the expertise and energy of the entire team, are ready to battle on the track to retain the championship where it belongs, at home in Milwaukee.”
The Big Diehl x Harley-Davidson Race Team will operate as a satellite team fully supported by Harley-Davidson Factory Racing, which will supply technical support for race-prepared Road Glide motorcycles built to the same spec as the Harley-Davidson x DynoJet Factory Race Team motorcycles. Big Diehl Racing has been a successful entrant in automobile road racing, including the professional Trans Am Series.
“I am very excited about linking Big Diehl Racing with Harley-Davidson Factory Racing and joining the battle for the Mission King of the Baggers Championship,” said Big Diehl Racing owner Richard Diehl. “The King of the Baggers series offers exciting and very competitive racing on motorcycles that fans can relate to. Harley-Davidson Factory Racing has put together a seamless program for our satellite team with the latest equipment and an experienced, championship-caliber rider in James Rispoli. This promises to be a great year of racing.”
The Mission King of The Baggers series offers exciting competition between American V-Twin touring motorcycles prepared for competition and equipped with stock frames and a fairing/windscreen and saddlebags. At some tracks these race-prepared touring motorcycles may exceed 170 mph and will navigate the tightest corners with incredible agility. The 2026 King of The Baggers series features 14 races over seven doubleheader weekends held in conjunction with the MotoAmerica Superbike series. Harley-Davidson x DynoJet Factory Race Team Road Glide motorcycles are powered by modified Screamin’ Eagle Milwaukee-Eight 131 Performance Crate Engines. The team’s racing motorcycles also feature upgraded suspension components, including Screamin’ Eagle/Öhlins Remote Reservoir Rear Shocks, plus competition exhaust, race tires and lightweight bodywork. The Harley-Davidson x DynoJet Factory Race Team partner roster includes DynoJet, Rockford Fosgate, Öhlins, Akrapovič, STM Racing Clutch, K&N Filters, SYN3 lubricants, and Screamin’ Eagle Performance Parts and Accessories.
Kyle Wyman (#1) is the defending MotoAmerica Mission King of the Baggers Champion and resigned a contract to continue with Harley-Davidson X DynoJet Factory Race Team for two more years. In 2025 Wyman dominated the series, riding a Harley-Davidson Factory Race Team Road Glide motorcycle to score seven race wins and three additional podium finishes in 14 races, closing the season with a 70-point lead over second place. Since joining the Harley-Davidson x DynoJet Factory Race Team in 2021, Wyman leads the series with 25 race victories. Wyman, age 36, began racing at the age of eight, competing in amateur flat track events across the country throughout his youth. At 16, he turned professional, continuing in flat track aboard a Harley-Davidson XR750 motorcycle before transitioning to road racing in 2008 at age 18. He formed KWR Racing at the age of 21 and won the 2019 Daytona 200.
“Last season was one of the most satisfying of my career,” said Wyman. “The only way to top it will be to bring home another championship for Harley-Davidson. We’ve been working hard in the off-season, but our competitors have also, and everyone on the Baggers grid is going to be gunning for us this season. I know this team is up for the challenge.”
Bradley Smith (#38) returns for a second season in Mission King of the Baggers riding for the Harley-Davidson x DynoJet Factory Race Team. The 35-year-old British racer finished the 2025 season with 115 points, posting three podiums including a second place at the opening round in Daytona. Road racing motorcycles as a professional since 2006, Smith raced in the premier MotoGP class for eight seasons and a combined 119 starts.
“I’m excited about the upcoming 2026 season with Harley-Davidson x DynoJet Factory Race Team,” said Smith. “A year’s worth of experience on the Road Glide motorcycle and familiarity with all of the tracks should elevate my results. We have really put together a great off-season of development. There’s no better team in this series and I expect we’ll be the front-runners for another championship.”
James Rispoli (#43) enters his fifth season racing in the Mission King of the Baggers Championship in 2026. Racing for the Harley-Davidson x DynoJet Factory Race Team and for Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Racing, Rispoli has won twice and posted 14 podium results in the King of the Baggers series and finished second in points in 2024. In 2025 he placed sixth with 130 points. Rispoli won the 2025 Mission Super Hooligan National Championship Presented By Roland Sands Designs and Powered by Harley-Davidson aboard a race-prepared Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 ST motorcycle for KWR Racing. The 34-year-old rider began racing in flat track as a teenager and earned the nickname “Hogspoli” while winning the 2020 American Flat Track Production Twins championship aboard a Latus Motors Racing Harley-Davidson XG750R motorcycle. He won back-to-back AMA Pro Racing Supersport championships in 2011-2012. Rispoli will defend his Super Hooligan title aboard a Saddlemen Racing Development prepared Pan America 1250 ST, alongside fellow Saddlemen teammates and title contenders Jake Lewis, Cory West, and Travis Wyman.
“It’s exciting to have a new team enter the series, and I’m stoked to be riding for Big Diehl Racing in 2026,” said Rispoli. “I have had a great off-season, and I can’t be more thrilled to line up for a full season in KOTB. I will be going for my fifth championship and can’t wait to get started knowing we’ll be on championship-caliber equipment.”
2026 MotoAmerica Mission King Of The Baggers Season Schedule
(Two races each weekend)
March 5-7: Daytona International Raceway – Daytona Beach, Fla.
April 17-19: Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta – Braselton, Ga.
May 29-31: Road America – Elkhart Lake, Wis.
July 10-12: WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca – Monterey, Calif.
July 31-August 2: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course – Lexington, Ohio
September 11-13: Circuit of the Americas – Austin, Texas
September 25-27: New Jersey Motorsports Park – Millville, N.J.
Harley-Davidson Teams Primed for 2026 Progressive American Flat Track Season
Independent Harley-Davidson teams will vie for the 2026 Progressive American Flat Track SuperTwins championship, fielding the Harley-Davidson XG750R motorcycle in this very competitive series. The 16-race Progressive AFT season begins on March 5-6 at the Daytona Short Track in Daytona Beach, Florida. Latus Motors Racing will field three-time AFT Singles champion Kody Kopp. Kopp is stepping up to the premier SuperTwins class for the first time in his career. Mission Foods Roof Systems JCS Racing rider Brandon Robinson returns for the 2026 season on a potent XG750R motorcycle. Robinson finished third in 2025 SuperTwins points with one race win and five additional podium results.
The six-race 2026 AFT AdventureTrackers series kicks off on March 6 at the Daytona Short Track. AdventureTrackers features large displacement, street-stock adventure touring motorcycles. Returning Harley-Davidson racer includes WFOracingonline.com/Saddlemen Race Development rider Jesse Janisch, who rode a Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 Special to second place in points in 2025, helping Harley-Davidson win the AFT AdventureTrackers Manufacturer’s Title.
2026 Progressive American Flat Track Season Schedule
March 5-6: Royal Enfield Short Track at Daytona I &II, Daytona Beach, Fla.
March 21: Atlanta Short Track, Senoia Raceway, Senoia, Ga.
April 25: Ventura Short Track, Ventura Raceway, Ventura, Calif.
May 2: Silver Dollar Short Track, Silver Dollar Speedway, Chico, Calif.
May 16: ThrottleFest, Budds Creek Motocross Park, Mechanicsville, Md.
May 23: Williams Grove Half Mile, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
June 6: Nashville Short Track, Tennessee National Raceway, Hohenwald, Tenn.
June 26-27: Lima Half-Mile I & II, Allen County Fairgrounds, Lima, Ohio
July 4: DuQuoin Mile, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin, Ill.
August 8: Jackpine Gypsies Super TT, Jackpine Gypsies M/C, Sturgis, S.D.
August 10: Jackpine Gypsies Short Track, Jackpine Gypsies M/C, Sturgis, S.D.
August 22: Peoria TT, Peoria Motorcycle Club, Peoria, Ill.
September 5-6: Springfield Mile I & II, Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ill.
Learn more at www.harley-davidson.com.
For more information on MotoAmerica, visit www.MotoAmerica.com
Click here for all the latest MotoAmerica news.
